The suggestions poured in, and in the end Brewer’s Art chose Beazly as the new name of its popular Ozzy beer.

Beazly is the nickname of Mark Barcus, a 17-year bartender at the popular Mount Vernon restaurant and beer bar.

“We have a running joke that if you work for us long enough you don’t get a gold watch, you get a golden beer,” Brewer’s Art co-owner Tom Creegan told me shortly after the new name was unveiled on social media Tuesday afternoon. “This guy has served Ozzy more than any other guy on the planet.”

Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne recently sent a cease and desist letter to the beer bar regarding the name of Ozzy, a Belgian strong pale ale. As a result, Brewer’s Art enlisted customers to come up with a new name for the beer (The ingredients will not change.)

Creegan said many the suggestions were either too close to Ozzy or were already taken in some shape or form by a brewery.

“There’s just so many beers and brewers out there now,” Creegan said.

The Ozzy name will remain for a bit longer as Brewer’s Art works on new artwork for Beazly. He expects the silver, red, black and blue colors of the can will remain unchanged.

Creegan said the biggest challenge will be to convince the public that the beer’s taste stayed the same. Feedback so far for the new name has been positive, he said, but "you're not going to make everyone happy."

In terms of the cease and desist, Creegan said that both sides have been cooperating and he expects everything to be settled shortly.